They do have people working on this kind of stuff, I just don't think the problem is a) solvable without hiring so many people that it would be too expensive to do and b) their responsibility.
I think the idea of having the auction screened is interesting, but again how many new auctions are listed every day? Millions?
If I were eBay I'd push this onto the rights holders, sellers, and buyers.. make it so rights holders can have back end access to auctions and search them themselves and flag ones that are questionable. Then the seller can reply with proof and the rights holder can agree and lift the flag, or keep the flag. Buyers would be able to see the flag and then know that LV themselves think the auction is fishy.
Even that has holes, what would stop LV from flagging everything? Companies hate the resale market; if they had a choice they would make it so only you can own those jeans and if someone else would try them on they would fall apart.
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